Microsoft Windows OS (XP/NT/Vista/Windows 7/8/9/10) Forum

I have a fairly unique taskbar problem. Every time I reboot, Windows XP Home works like a champ aside from the fact that my taskbar is completely empty.

I always have it set to have the Quick Launch bar along with the Address bar on the top row, then have the actual running apps how on the bottom row.

So, I'll set that all back up, then lock the taskbar. Works fine, until I reboot again.

Because of this, I've gone so far as to repair the installation of XP. Three times now. Once, I ran CCleaner trying to see if that would fix it. It did not, so I reinstalled again. This last time I ran into a snag as described here:

support_microsoft_com/kb/873148

I completed all of that and the final installation worked fine... But the taskbar problem persists.

What recommendations do you guys have? Any ideas on what I could try to help fix this?